In the heart of Iceland’s Þingvellir National Park, travelers can do something no other place on Earth allows: swim directly ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Scientists have uncovered massive, dense rock structures deep beneath the western Pacific, challenging long-held theories ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Geothermal power plants use energy stored in the form of heat beneath the Earth’s surface. They are built where there are ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...

Schreder Planetarium is asking for donations to buy an immersive Earth science show supporting STEM education and public ...

The formation of a sixth ocean, and the tectonic shifts that lie ahead, are proof that Earth is a dynamic, ever-evolving ...

New drilling results from the South Atlantic have uncovered ancient lava rubble that stores far more CO2 than expected, ...

Over the past 250 million years, periods when coral reef growth has peaked have coincided with big rises in sea temperatures ...

A recent study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate change-induced glacial melt. Scientists analyzed 15 years of seismic activity in ...

Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.